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Opioid Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Testing
Researchers have reported that a newly developed vaccine that could combat both opioid dependency and overdose has yielded what appear to be positive results in animal testing. The vaccine, which uses monoclonal antibodies – antibodies made by identical copies of immune cells – appeared to block...
27 December, 2018
Fentanyl, cocaine bust attracts 6-year sentence | News
A Halifax man who was caught with large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine in his apartment has been handed a six-year...
26 December, 2018
Ocala police on Christmas Day: 2 Narcan saves within 9 minutes – News – Ocala.com
One at a home, the other at a hotel Four days before Christmas, Ocala police officers assisted in reviving two people who suffered drug overdoses. They were separate instances at different locations, with less than half an hour between the two.On Christmas Day, officers again assisted...
26 December, 2018
Heather Yakin: Crime stats encouraging; drug OD news disturbing – News – recordonline.com
The past week and a half has been kind of a good-news, bad-news cycle.Last week, the Brennan Center for Justice released its revised preliminary analysis of crime and murder in the nation’s most populous cities for 2018. Good news: The Brennan Center’s “early snapshot” report...
26 December, 2018
D.C. aims to reduce opioid deaths by half by 2020, new report says
Jenna Portnoy Reporter covering Virginia, Maryland and D.C. congressional delegations December 24 at 5:07 PM The District on Monday announced a plan aimed at cutting opioid-related...
24 December, 2018
MPI drug testing, decontaminating stolen vehicles before returning them to owners
Manitoba Public Insurance is systematically testing stolen vehicles recovered by police for traces of illicit drugs — including fentanyl — as part of a pilot project to ensure vehicles owners aren't put at risk.The project, which has already been running for several weeks, aims to...
24 December, 2018
Sentencing occurs in one Abbotsford drug case, charges stayed in another – Abbotsford News
An Abbotsford man who police say was connected to the Lower Mainland gang conflict at the time of his arrest in June 2017 has been convicted of two of the nine drug charges he faced. Cody McClain, 22,...
24 December, 2018
Drug may be to blame for Albany County inmate’s death
The sheriff's department now say a dark gray powder called "grey death" was found in a sock he was wearing. Investigators say the drug has been linked to a number of lethal overdoses in the south. The drug is now headed to the state police lab for...
24 December, 2018